Real Simple chicken dinner

I really enjoy cooking but I’m still somewhat of a beginner so I always appreciate good recipes for basic, standard dinners that you can’t really go wrong with. This month in Real Simple they have a week worth of exactly this. I made this golden chicken tonight which was delicious. All it was was baked […]

Pretty studs

I’ve been searching for some cute studs for work since dangling earrrings are a little too much sometimes working at a high school. I found these adorable ones at Anthropologie. My favorite are the rose ones, although the first gold ones look interesting but they are too small to see what the detail is like. […]

Illustrator: The pen tool

I have a little bit of an obsessive personality. When I find something I like I tend to spend most of my energy on it. The past couple days have been like that for me with illustrator. I learned to use the pen tool tonight. The first owl picture is what I started with and […]

Embroidered birds

Martha has this charming embroidery bird pattern for a hand cloth, pillow or quilt. I think it’s so adorable. I wonder how hard it would be since I’ve never tried embroidery before. It might be a fun rainy day project. It reminds me of jordan, who loves birds.